Etymology

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Character: 子

English Senses For (英文): zi3
a child / a son / an offspring / a seed / an egg / the first of the twelve Terrestrial Branches ( 地支 ) / a rank of the nobility equivalent to a viscount / a designation used in speaking of or to a man in former times ( somewhat similar to " mister "

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 5B50
GB2312-80 := D7D3

子

Simplification (簡化方法):
no simplification
traditional = simplified

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 5B50
Big5 := A46C

子
子 zi3 (productive phonetic)

子 remnant

Etymology (文字來源):
Remnant Primitive, Baby with arms and head

Mandarin (普通話): Chinese

Cantonese (廣東話): Analyze

Taiwanese (臺灣話): Analyze

Shanghaiese (上海話): Analyze

Japanese (日本話): Analyze

Korean (韩国話): Analyze Listen

History of Chinese Writing

中國文字的歷史

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ShuoWen: (說文解字):
十一月陽气動萬物滋人以為偁象形凡子之屬皆從子李陽冰曰子在襁緥中足併也

Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字)

S10971

LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L34064	L34065	L34066	L34067	L34068	L34069	L34070

L34071	L34072	L34073	L34074	L34075	L34076	L34077

L34078	L34079	L34080	L34081	L34082	L34083	L34084

L13409	L13410	L13411	L13412	L13413	L13414	L13415

L13416	L13417	L13418	L13419	L13420	L13421	L13422

L13423	L13424	L13425	L13426	L13427	L13428	L13429

L13430	L13431	L13432	L13433	L13434	L13435	L13436

L13437	L13438	L13439	L13440	L13441	L13442	L13443

L13394	L13395	L13396	L13397	L13398	L13399	L13400

L13401	L13402	L13403	L13404	L13405	L13406	L13407

L13408

Bronze (金文编裏的字) Characters

B20798	B20799	B20800	B20801	B20802	B20803	B20804

B20805	B20806	B20807	B20808	B20809	B20810	B20811

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B20819	B20820	B20821	B20822	B20823	B20824	B20825

B20826	B20827	B20828	B20829	B20830	B20831	B20832

B20833	B20834	B20835	B20836	B20837	B20838	B20839

B20840	B20841	B20842	B20843	B20844	B20845	B20846

B20847	B20848	B20849	B20850	B20851	B20852	B20853

B20854	B20855	B20856	B20857	B20858	B20859	B20860

B20861	B20862	B20863	B20864	B20865	B20866	B20867

B20868	B20869	B20870	B20871	B20872	B20873	B20874

B20875	B20876	B20877	B20878	B20879	B20880	B20881

B20882	B20883	B20884	B20885	B20886	B20887	B20888

B20889	B20890	B20891	B20892	B20893	B20894	B20895

B20896	B20897	B20898	B20899	B20900	B20901	B20902

B20903	B20904	B20905	B20906	B20907	B20908	B20909

B20910	B20911	B20912	B20913	B20914	B20915	B20916

B20917	B20918	B20919	B20920	B20921

Oracle (甲骨文编裏的字) Characters

J30542	J30543	J30544	J30545	J30546	J30547	J30548

J30549	J30550	J30551	J30552	J30553	J30554	J30555

J30556	J30557	J30558	J30559	J30560	J30561	J30562

J30563	J30564	J30565	J30566	J30567	J30568	J30569

J30570	J30571	J30572	J30573	J30574	J30575	J30576

J30577	J30578	J30579	J30580	J30581	J30582	J30583

J30584	J30585	J30586	J30587	J30588	J30589	J30590

J30591	J30592	J30593	J30594	J30595	J30596	J30597

J30598	J30599	J30600	J30601	J30602	J30603	J30604

J30605	J30606	J30607	J30608	J30609	J30610	J30611

J30612	J30613	J30614	J30615	J30616	J30617	J30618

J30619	J30620	J30621	J30622	J30623	J30624	J30625

J30626	J30627	J30628	J30629	J30630	J30631	J30632

J30633	J30634	J30635	J30636	J30637	J30638	J30639

J30640	J30641	J30642	J30643	J30644	J30645	J30646

J30647	J30648	J30649	J30650	J30651	J30652	J30653

J30654	J30655	J30656	J30657	J30658	J30659	J30660

J30661	J30662	J30663	J30664	J30665	J30666	J30667

J30668	J30669	J30670	J30671	J30672	J30673	J30674

J30675	J30676	J30677	J30678	J30679	J30680	J30681

J30682	J30683	J30684	J30685	J30686	J30687	J30688

J30689	J30690	J30691	J30692	J30693	J30694	J30695

J30696	J30697	J30698	J30699	J30700	J30701	J30702

J30703	J30704	J30705	J30706	J30707	J30708	J30709

J30710	J30711	J30712	J30713	J30714	J30715	J30716

J30717	J30718	J30719	J30720	J30721	J30722	J30723

J30724	J30725	J30726	J30727	J30728	J30729	J30730

J30731	J30732	J30733	J30734	J30735	J30736	J30737

J30738	J30739	J30740	J30741	J30742	J30743	J30744

J30745	J30746	J30747	J30748	J30749	J30750	J30751

J30752	J30753	J30754	J30755	J30756	J30757	J30758

J30759	J30760	J30761	J30762	J30763	J30764	J30765

J30766	J30767

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